I advertised room rent in easyroom and gumtree in Jan 2019. the RESPONSE was not good. i also did not bother on the room rent as i would like to select a suitable tenant. on 1 march 2019, i was received an email from tan mui joo(chen meiru) asking if the room is available. I replied her that the room is available and i enquiried her some questions such as job occupation, holding any work pass in singapore, etc. she sharing with me that she is working as an it consultant in china but she born in singapore and due to nature of work, she rarely have time making calls. she mentioned that she would like to secure the room and request room pictures including address of the room. i have asked some questions such as location of workplace, if she is holding pink nric, etc. i also request to have VIDEO CALL SINCE SHE IS IN CHINA AT THE MOMENT. I ALSO MENTIONED THAT I PREFER FACE TO FACE TALK.

however, she did not answer my queries but email me her pink nric and telling me that she will be back on 27 march 2019. with this, i have more questions to ask because usually if you are back to home country, you will be staying with parents rather to rent room unless there is reason. she suggested to transfer rental to paypal account as she only using paypal account and have not been using online access for so long. she given the reason that she is unable to transfer money because work late and banking hall is closed after she finished work. she even teach me how to create paypal account if i do not have paypal account. in view of this, i google check her name and realised that she is a scammer.

I would like to take this opportunity to share my experience to everyone who intended to rent out their room or house, must be aware of this type of people.